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Spain — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Spain, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
10.38%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -34.9% since 1991
Unemployment for Spain was 10.38% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 26.09% in 2013. The lowest was 8.23% in 2007 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.25% per year.
Spain ranks 37 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 20%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Spain sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 60% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 53%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
10.38%
First (1991)
15.93%
Change
-34.9%
Highest
26.09%
in 2013
Lowest
8.23%
in 2007
Average
16.42%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.25%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.38% |
| 2024 | 11.4% |
| 2023 | 12.18% |
| 2022 | 13.03% |
| 2021 | 14.91% |
| 2020 | 15.53% |
| 2019 | 14.1% |
| 2018 | 15.26% |
| 2017 | 17.22% |
| 2016 | 19.64% |
| 2015 | 22.06% |
| 2014 | 24.44% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.